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$30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

Name: $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
Author: Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Read by TriciaG, Richard Kilmer (1942-2022), Bellona Times, Robert D. Kinney, Kalynda, Ann Boulais and Eric Leach · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The $30,000 Bequest, pt 1 (35:37)
The $30,000 Bequest, pt 2 (37:17)
A Dog's Tale (25:47)
Was it Heaven? Or Hell? (45:34)
A Cure for the Blues (50:02)
The Curious Book, pt 1 (1:09:06)
The Curious Book, pt 2 (42:49)
The Californian's Tale (19:12)
A Helpless Situation (13:23)
A Telephonic Conversation (6:51)
Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale (16:26)
The Five Boons of Life (5:56)
The First Writing-Machines (7:43)
Italian Without a Master (16:44)
Italian With Grammar (17:35)
A Burlesque Biography (15:00)
How to Tell a Story (14:54)
General Washington's Negro Body-Servant (10:19)
Wit Inspirations of the 'Two-Year-Olds' (6:58)
An Entertaining Article (19:52)
A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury (1:33)
Amended Obituaries (4:49)
A Monument to Adam (4:58)
A Humane Word from Satan (3:10)
Introduction to 'The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English' (7:08)
Advice to Little Girls (2:50)
Post-Mortem Poetry (11:29)
The Danger of Lying in Bed (8:48)
Portrait of King William III (5:37)
Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? (28:20)
Extracts from Adam's Diary (27:01)
Eve's Diary (24:18)
Extract from Adam's Diary (16:27)